The next morning was the same as all the previous mornings, except Kihyun was still in Hyungwon's bed and Wonho woke up confused and upset and Hyungwon's eyes were puffy and his lips swollen from biting on them last night.

Kihyun was the first up, having been conditioned to wake up just before the lights turned on. He took a moment to study Hyungwon, who had always looked worn-out and tired, only it was worse on this particular morning.

"Hey," Kihyun said softly. He wasn't sure why he was being so gentle with the kid. Maybe because he felt guilty about treating him like shit on his first week, a week that was already stressful enough without him being an asshole. But he'd been rude to all the other M-wing recruits when they'd joined, except Shownu since he'd been there before Kihyun. Of course, back then, they'd been F-wing. Jooheon had joined a few weeks later and had quickly demoted them to their current rank.

"Hey. Wonnie. Woooooooooooonnie," he said. He didn't want to resort to shaking the boy because, well, while he'd allowed Kihyun to comfort him last night, that didn't mean the permission had rolled over to the morning. He didn't want to overstep any boundaries. Boundaries were important in this place because they were the only things the kids could set themselves. To overstep someone's boundaries was crossing a line, and Kihyun didn't want to cross a line.

Hyungwon's eyes fluttered open, his long lashes casting shadows on his cheeks as the lights flickered on overheard. He blinked several times, struggling to orient himself, and Kihyun realized that Hyungwon was likely trying to distinguish dream from reality.

"This is real. I'm real," Kihyun said, watching as the boy's eyes widened slightly before he frowned. Then he seemed to realize that Kihyun was in his bed, where he shouldn't be, and Kihyun stood up, minding the boundaries he sensed.

"Last night-"

"Last night was real too," Kihyun said. He heard Wonho stirring from the opposite side of the room, but he ignored him. He usually gave Wonho some leeway since it must suck to be someone else every week, but his patience had worn thin last night, and he hadn't had the control necessary to handle him. He was still pissed, even though he knew that Wonho didn't deserve it, but he was trying to ignore his anger so he didn't take it out on Hyungwon. "You can see Minhyuk at breakfast if you still want to talk to him."

Hyungwon opened his mouth before biting his lip. He wiped his eyes on his shirt sleeves even though his eyes were dry. "Thank you," he said, his voice soft, and Kihyun much preferred it to the harsh tone Hyungwon sometimes adopted when he was trying to mask his own hurt by inflicting pain on someone else. "But why-"

"We need to get changed," Kihyun said, turning his back to Hyungwon as he grabbed his uniform. "The alarm will sound soon."

Hyungwon swallowed before nodding and getting up, grabbing his uniform. That was something else Kihyun was learning to appreciate about the boy; he could be hurt and uncertain one minute, but he knew how to snap himself back into place when he needed to.

"Morning," Wonho said, a tentative greeting from the other side of the room.

Hyungwon looked over at him with hooded eyes before unbuttoning his shirt, and Kihyun didn't acknowledge him at all.

"I'm sorry," Wonho tried again, standing up and moving toward Hyungwon. "About yesterday. I- I've just been confused and out of sorts since yesterday. But...you were having a hard time breathing last night...are...are you okay?" he asked.

Hyungwon had reached the last button, and Wonho moved to pat Hyungwon's back or put his hand on his shoulder when Kihyun stepped in between them, smacking Wonho's hand down, his own shirt half unbuttoned.

"He doesn't like to be touched."

"Oh," Wonho said, blinking, distraught as he backed up. "I'm sorry, I didn't meant to- I just wanted to see if-"

"Change into your uniform," Kihyun instructed, his voice cool as he moved back toward his own bed, throwing his shirt off and grabbing his clean shirt. "We need to leave in a few minutes."

"Oh. All right..." Wonho replied, hesitated before casting a look over at Kihyun and copying his actions, unbuttoning his shirt and setting it off to the side before picking up his uniform shirt and sliding it over his head.

When he'd finished dressing, he turned to see Kihyun already clothed, Hyungwon just putting his last sock on before sliding his feet into his shoes and standing up.

"C'mon," Kihyun said before exiting the room, Hyungwon followed closely behind him.

Wonho bit his lip before sighing and following them out into the hallway, scared that in one day, he'd messed everything up, but he wasn't sure why the idea bothered him as much as it did.